True, those situations can arise. But remember you still have two forms of verification even if the address is known to web servers. You still have an IP validation which in itself isn't so secure however unless they know what IP you are using it won't do them any good. Or throw the reverse look up on there, too. That won't require the OP to do anything extra when they load the script.

When visiting other pages it never shows the URL params. It won't pass on that you had to do script.pl?this=that. It'll just show script.pl.

I'm not saying the script is fort knox worthy but this is more or less secure.

There are many ways to secure a script without a required sign on verification process. For instance.. make a requirement that a script on the server is run within the past hour or the script won't run. Ie: have another hidden script on the server that timestamps a file that the perl intepreter then reads. If it was last hit over an hour ago the script doesn't execute. It's simple to do and makes the script live only as long as that time frame. And to increase that, add the function script.pl?time=stop to instantly kill access when you're done with it.

It may seem like a lot of small things but it would absolutely work with what the OP is trying to accomplish.

In reply to Re^4: Setting up a web-based perl interpeter by Anonymous Monk
in thread Setting up a web-based perl interpeter by sulfericacid

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